SERVICE; the act of helping or doing work for someone.
Synonyms; favor, kindness, good turn, help.
Members of congress like to call what they do “public service”;
it sounds lofty, noble, and selfless.
They also don’t mind talking about their annual base salaries
($174,000 for both congressman and senators)
or retirement plans because these too sound “reasonable”.
But did you know that, over and above these,
they also receive an annual expense allowance?
In The House of Representatives it’s called an MRA.
The average allowance for each representative this year
will be about $1,200,000 or 7 times more than their base salary.
In the Senate it’s called an SOPOEA.
The average allowance for each senator this year
will be about $3,300,000 or 19 times more than their base salary.
As the congressmen and senators squabble about the current U.S. budget,
ask yourself this;
Are they really servants, or are they takers?
The first step toward a Constitutional Amendment to
term limit members of congress is simple…
share this information with others and start talking about it.